Waunfawr railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Waunfawr
code =


caption = Beyer-Garratt locomotive NG143 at Waunfawr
manager = Ffestiniog Railway
operator = Ffestiniog Railway
locale = Waunfawr
borough = Gwynedd
latitude = 53.106361
longitude = -4.201667
gridref =
platforms = 2
years = 1877
events = Opened
years1 = 26 September 1936
events1 = Closed
years2 = 7 August 2000
events2 = Reopened

Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR. Passenger services ceased on 26 September 1936 and the station was reopened on 7 August 2000 following the reconstruction of the railway from Dinas to Waunfawr. The train services are operated by the Ffestiniog Railway Company.

Following reconstruction, the Section from Waunfawr to Rhyd Ddu was formally reopened by HRH the Prince of Wales on 30 July 2003. Prince Charles travelled from Waunfawr to Rhyd Ddu by special train.

The station flower and shrub beds were laid out and are maintained by the local community enterprise charity, [http://www.anturwaunfawr.org/ Antur Waunfawr] , which among its many local initiatives operates the Bryn Pistyll Site at Waunfawr as a popular attraction for local people and tourists. It includes a nature park, gardens and nursery, museum, crafts and local products shop, cafe and children’s play area.

[http://www.snowdonia-park.co.uk/ The Snowdonia Park Hotel] adjoins the station and was built originally as the station master's house. It has a family room, offers bar meals and serves its own brew real ale. It has a large car park and caravan park. Entrance to and exit from the station platform is by way of the hotel car park. The station footbridge links with the car park and the caravan park. Snowdonia Sherpa Bus services call at the station.

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External links

* [http://whr.bangor.ac.uk The Welsh Highland Railway Project - official reconstruction site]
* [http://www.welshhighlandrailway.net Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon)]
* [http://www.isengard.co.uk/ Rebuilding The Welsh Highland Railway - an independent site]
* [http://www.greatorme.org.uk/WHR.html The Royal re-opening to Rhyd Ddu 2003]
* [http://www.welshhighlandrailway.net/timetable.htm Welsh Highland Railway Timetables]
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&db=pc&cidr_client=none&lang=&pc=LL554AQ&advanced=&scale=25000public&addr2=&quicksearch=LL413AQ&addr3=&addr1= Multimap Map of Waunfawr]
* [http://www.frheritage.org.uk/wiki/Waunfawr FR Heritage Group Wiki]

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